Lady in White, c. 1820

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Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 82 x 66 cm (32 5/16 x 26 in.)

framed: 100.9 x 83.5 x 6 cm (39 3/4 x 32 7/8 x 2 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1959.11.9

Artists / Makers

Ammi Phillips (painter) American, 1788 - 1865

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Provenance

Recorded as from Maryland. (Frederick Fuessenich, Litchfield, Connecticut). (Harry Shaw Newman, Old Print Shop, New York), by whom sold in 1952 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1959.

Associated Names

Fuessenich, Frederick W. and Jean C.
Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
The Old Print Shop
Unknown Patron

Exhibition History

1957: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part II, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1957, no. 37.

1958: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Springfield Art Museum, Missouri, 1958, no cat.

1965: Ammi Phillips, 1788-1865, Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, 1965-1966, special issue of Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin 30 (October 1965), 104, no. 171, repro. on cover.

1968: Ammi Phillips, Museum of American Folk Art, New York, 1968, 27, no. 59, (cat. by Barbara and Lawrence Holdridge).

1968: The American Primitive Paintings Exhibit, organized by the Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California, for de Saisset Art Gallery, University of Santa Clara, 1968.

1975: Extended loan for use by the Ambassador, U.S. Embassy residence, Dublin, Ireland, 1975-1978.

1994: Revisiting Ammi Phillips: Fifty Years of American Portraiture, Museum of American Folk Art, New York; San Diego Museum of Art, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, 1994, plate XVIII.

Bibliography

1966: Warren, William Lamson. "Ammi Phillips, A Critique." Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin 31 (January 1966): 13.

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 88, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 208, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 260, repro.

1992: Chotner, Deborah, with contributions by Julie Aronson, Sarah D. Cash, and Laurie Weitzenkorn. American Naive Paintings. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 277, repro. 276.

2007: Brownstein, Joan R., and Bobbi Terkowitz. "A brilliant formula: Ammi Phillips's women in white." Antiques CLXXII, no. 5 (November 2007): 152-161, repro.